Nordic group agrees to buy Dalata for €1.4bn
Dublin-listed hotel group’s board plans to recommend to shareholders
Dermot Crowley
Scandinavian consortium circling Dalata yet to make any fresh offer to buy the group
Hotel group’s board said it ‘continues to engage’ with parties who are participating in the formal sales process
Nordic group mulls higher offer for Dalata as it buys more shares in Irish hotel chain
Oslo-based investment firm Eiendomsspar and Swedish hotel company Pandox had €1.3bn bid rejected this month
Hotels group Dalata hires Rothschild to potentially find buyer
Ireland’s largest hotels business says strategic review is designed to find additional capital, including through a potential sale of listed group
Norwegian hotels investor builds 5.45% stake in Dalata
Company declines to say if it has plans to increase its holding but denies any strategic stakebuilding
Dalata completes hotel group’s first private debt placement
Maldron and Clayton band operator has also refinanced its existing bank facilities, increasing its debt capacity to €600m
Dalata opens new hotel in Liverpool
The group also plans to open a Maldron hotel at Croke Park in Dublin in 2026 along with a hotel in Edinburgh in the same year
‘When I start buying hotels with golf courses...it’s over’ Dalata’s Dermot Crowley
Hotel group’s chief executive says the secret sauce for its success to date has been its people
Dalata spends €3m on refresh of four-star hotels and group
Dalata chief executive Dermot Crowley says the investment will deliver consistency in its communications with customers
Dalata hotels on a roll as UK expansion fuels growth
But questions remain about future of travel and tourism as consumer concerns bite
Dalata to invest €55.3m in new Edinburgh hotel
Hospitality group says it has also completed the purchase of Hard Rock hotel in Amsterdam
Hotel group Dalata prepares for hospitality VAT rate of 13.5%
Group revenues climbed 29% in the first half of the year with like-for-like Revpar up 23% amid improved occupancy rates
‘Revenge travel’ helped lure investors to check into Dalata. How long will they stay?
Joe Brennan: Hotel group has been the top performing stock so far this year on the Iseq 20
Dalata hits record €500m revenue in 2022 as it continues recovery from Covid
Hotel group boss says accusations of price gouging are not fair and not an issue that emerges in customer reviews
Dalata sells north London hotel for €24.7m
Clayton Crown Hotel no longer considered core asset for group
Dalata sees revenue rise 40% as Covid restrictions are removed
Dalata narrowed its pretax losses from €111.5m in 2020 to €11.4m last year
Dalata Group agrees deal for Dusseldorf hotel
Move is in line with company’s plans for European expansion
Gloom envelops hospitality and tourism sector at the end of 2021
Sectors plunged back into uncertainty by the restrictions caused by Omicron variant
‘Work is not a burden – it is something you can find enjoyment in’
Former Dalata chief executive Pat McCann on the seven roles he has lined up for ‘retirement’
Dalata secures 12-month extension to €564m debt
Hotel chain says it has availed of option to extend maturity
Dalata narrows losses as occupancy levels improve
Hotel group reports pick-up in business since reopening of hospitality
Trading picks up for Dalata in second quarter as restrictions ease
But city hotels await return of international travel to fuel demand
Man jailed for five years after €600,000 worth of cannabis found in van
Polish man was to be paid €2,500 to smuggle the drugs into Ireland on ferry from France
'Bad service is what freaks me out'
Interview: Incoming Dalata chief Dermot Crowley hopes to clock up new lease deals in Europe
Dalata plans Dublin marketing campaign as its hotels record €3.6m Q1 loss
Ireland’s biggest hotel chain said it had a 14% Dublin occupancy level in first three months
Man (22) remanded over €1.8 million drugs seizure in Cork
Customs officers found 90kg of cannabis herb at Port of Cork terminal at Ringaskiddy
Top hotelier Pat McCann blows whistle on five decades in the business
Arsenal fan says he didn’t want to go out like Arsène Wenger, who ‘stayed on too long’
Dalata hotels posts loss of €112m due to Covid while Pat McCann to step down as CEO
McCann will be replaced by deputy CEO Dermot Crowley, having founded Ireland’s biggest hotel chain in 2007
Dalata has better-than-expected year despite Covid-19 pandemic
Hotel group says outlook for 2021 remains uncertain as vaccines begin to roll out
Dalata agrees new debt facility as it recovers from Covid-19
Biggest hotel operator in the State has said customer experience will now be different
Man remanded in custody after pleading guilty to knife attack on family
Woman spent nine hours undergoing emergency surgery after Christmas attack
Man (54) charged with stabbing three members of same family in Cork
Woman spent nine hours undergoing surgery, court hears
Planning permission secured for two Dalata hotels in UK
McAleer & Rushe developing hotels in Glasgow and Birmingham for Irish group
Dalata to open new hotel in Dublin’s Spencer Place
New 200-bed four-star hotel will operate under ‘bespoke’ branding
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